State v. Elliott
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dallas District Court. The defendant was indicted for the murder of John W. Bold, was tried, convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for twelve years. Tie appeals. The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Day, Ch. J.
*4871. ckiminai, uw-piacnce. *486I. Three persons called as jurors, Slaughter, Chance and Wright, were, upon their examination as to their *487qualifications as jurors, challenged for cause by the defendant. The challenge was overruled. The abstract shows ^aj. gig^gktej. an(j Qhance were challenged peremptorily. The abstract does not show that Wright was so challenged, and it does not appear whether or not lie served upon the jury, but the jury was accepted by the defendant without exhausting the peremptory challenges to which he was entitled. If, then, Wright was allowed to serve upon the…
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